A tale of two CAFs: The impact of the electronic common assessment framework

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-612

  Pithouse, Andrew ^a   Hall, Christopher ^b   Peckover, Sue ^d   White, Sue ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Glamorgan Building ^*

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children and families; Children's rights; Information technology; Interprofessional working

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349583669     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp020     Document Type: Article

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